- Levels: B1B2C1
- Lesson Types: Lesson Plans
- Recommended for: Business EnglishDownload and GoSimple to Teach
- Themes: Business
🕑 60 minutes
🎚 B1, B2, C1
🎯small talk, speaking, vocabulary
🕑 0-5 minutes
– Print one worksheet for each student.
– Print the Teacher’s Insights or keep them at hand as they contain the answers to the exercises.
Kick Off: Define “small talk”.
Speaking I: Discuss the questions as a group.
Speaking II: Discuss which topics are appropriate for small talk.
Expressions: Learn simple expressions to start up a conversation with anybody.
Role Play: Simple and fun role-play activity in different scenarios.
Small talk is a key skill in English, both in social and business situations. Teach your students to master small talk with this business English printable worksheet. You can also test your students with this fun, complementary Wordwall activity!
Detailed Description
The kickoff activity starts by defining small talk and differentiating it from deep discussions. Students then go on to discuss appropriate topics for small talk.
The main focus of this ESL lesson plan comes next. Students learn one key question that will allow them to create small talk in any situation. They see examples and make their own sentences to strike up conversation in business English.
After this vocabulary activity, the class finishes with a role-play activity to tie everything together. Students hold their own conversations with their classmates, striking up small talk in different situations.
This printable ESL lesson plan for business English is suitable for intermediate and advanced levels looking to learn specific business skills in English.
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